Palermo Shooting (2008)

After the wild life-style of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman help him calm himself down?

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Wim Wenders, Norman Ohler,

Stars:

Campino, Inga Busch, Giovanna Mezzogiorno

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Campino	...	Finn
Inga Busch	...	Karla
Axel Sichrovsky	...	Hans
Gerhard Gutberlet	...	Gerhard
Harry Blain	...	Harry
Sebastian Blomberg	...	Julian
Jana Pallaske	...	Student
Olivia Asiedu-Poku	...	Fan
Melika Foroutan	...	Anke
Anna Orso	...	Mother
Lou Reed	...	Himself
Udo Samel	...	Banker
Giuseppe Provinzano	...	Actor 1
Guiseppe Massa	...	Actor 2
Giovanna Mezzogiorno	...	Flavia

Storyline

After the wild life-style of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman help him calm himself down?

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Plot Keywords:

place name in title | city name in title | fast motion sequence | photographer | death

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Senator Film [Germany]

Country:

Germany France Italy

Language:

English German Italian

Release Date:

20 November 2008 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Fotografies sto Palermo

Filming Locations:

Düsseldorf, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neue Road Movies, P.O.R. Sicilia, arte France Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min 124 min 108 min (re-cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film marks the first time that Director Wenders shot a movie in his hometown, Düsseldorf.

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Goofs

In the scene, when Finn talks with lady photographer, they discuss the age of their cameras. He tells that his Plaubel is twenty years old and she tells that her Leica is 40 years old. Actually she has Leica M7, which slightly differs from older Leica cameras. This camera marketed only in 2002.

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Connections

Referenced in TV total: Episode dated 18 February 2009 (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Bed in the East"
Written and Performed by Thom
Published by Edition Wunderkinder / AMV Talpa
Courtesy of Wenders Music

User Reviews

What a disaster!

In every serious artist's life there're great oscillations and changes. Years of great and masterful work are followed by long passages of creative drought and emptiness. But every artist who takes himself seriously one day must understand and face facts that his best years are over and it would be wise to drop the pencil and leave the field for a new, emerging generation.

After seeing Wender's latest "work" at its premiere in Berlin last night I felt that everyone in the audience quietly shared the same thoughts about this flick:

That this can hardly be called a film anymore - but is a preposterous, embarrassing, empty and painful blow to anyone who liked some of the better of Wender's works in the past.

"Palermo Shooting" is a pseudo-surreal, pseudo-intellectual, pseudo-cinematic derangement, full of lame clichés, bad acting and dialog that only serves one cause:

It holds proof to the sheer yet painful fact that Wenders' time as a serious filmmaker has long come.